# Employer firms in Catawba County

Employer firms in Catawba County was 3,535 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-37035`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/catawba-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-37035

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,535 |
| 2022 | 3,520 |
| 2021 | 3,434 |
| 2020 | 3,433 |
| 2019 | 3,394 |
| 2018 | 3,371 |
| 2017 | 3,351 |
| 2016 | 3,325 |
| 2015 | 3,276 |
| 2014 | 3,275 |
| 2013 | 3,282 |
| 2012 | 3,302 |
| 2011 | 3,297 |
| 2010 | 3,370 |
| 2009 | 3,455 |
| 2008 | 3,573 |
| 2007 | 3,611 |
| 2006 | 3,606 |
| 2005 | 3,588 |
| 2004 | 3,571 |
| 2003 | 3,547 |
| 2002 | 3,538 |
| 2001 | 3,557 |
| 2000 | 3,533 |
| 1999 | 3,490 |
| 1998 | 3,443 |
| 1997 | 3,411 |
| 1996 | 3,331 |
| 1995 | 3,304 |
| 1994 | 3,228 |
| 1993 | 3,142 |
| 1992 | 3,133 |
| 1991 | 3,123 |
| 1990 | 3,167 |
| 1989 | 3,115 |
| 1988 | 3,016 |
| 1987 | 2,926 |
| 1986 | 2,859 |
| 1985 | 2,783 |
| 1984 | 2,724 |
| 1983 | 2,562 |
| 1982 | 2,491 |
| 1981 | 2,553 |
| 1980 | 2,527 |
| 1979 | 2,563 |
| 1978 | 2,478 |